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Part-built 5 inch gauge "Lion" and castings - stock code 1898

Complete set of drawings, copies of construction articles, castings and machined parts for LBSC's 5 inch gauge "Lion", the early 0-4-2 tender locomotive from the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, immortalised in the film "The Titfield Thunderbolt".

Castings:

Eccentric straps (4)
Main axleboxes
Trailing axleboxes
Tender axleboxes
Chimney top & base
Piston blanks
Rocking shaft brackets
Firebox top
Tender handpump
Motion plate
Grate
Smokebox front plate
Nameplates

Machined parts:

Tender frames, complete with hornplates
Crankaxle with eccentric sheaves fitted
Locomotive horns
Cylinder block bored & faced, rear covers, valve chest and cover

gauge 5 inch